Although this is a fairly old image, I’ve been prompted recently to consider that people enjoy seeing the “fun” stuff that I’ve taken. Never have I had closer interactions with marine life than I did on 2 consecutive weekends in late 2011 when we visited first Lundy Island and then the Farne Islands… Pretty much…
BSoUP Lionfish
I was very pleased to come 4th in the BSoUP competition this month – the theme was “Photoshop Bonanza” . The brief was to be creative with image editing software like Photoshop. You can see the other winning images on the BSoUP Website Here.I decided to try emulating Michael Aw’s Amazing Van Gogh Style Images which I saw…
DIY Fibreoptic Snoot
A discussion on facebook about snoots has prompted me to write this blog entry regarding the fibre-snoot that I made for myself.For those not aware what a snoot is, it’s a contraption which shapes the light used when taking a photo. To explain further, I’ve created a Gallery which shows how I made the snoot and some…
French Crown
Winter’s a great time for indoor photography so I set up my DIY drip photo contraption again – in the spare room this time. Pash wasn’t ecstatic to see I’d pushed all her computer equipment to one side but I persuaded her it was all in a good cause!This time, my aim was to create…
Snowy Horses
As some of you might be aware, it snowed last week here in the UK. Not big snow like Canada or Norway but enough for the country to grind to a halt. It meant I had to work from home which had the side-benefit of allowing me to get out in the snow and take…
Egg Laying Squid
It’s been a while. Christmas does that to me.. distracts me from some of the stuff I enjoy – one of which is documenting my photography – even if no-one ends up reading past the first paragraph each time! 😉I run the risk of getting boring by publishing another squid picture but I was really blown away…
Ambon Squid Squadron
Ambon is one of the Maluku islands of Indonesia and forms part of a chain of volcanic islands surrounding the Banda Sea – home to some fabulous marine life. A group of 16 (mostly) BSoUP members stayed with Maluku Divers in Ambon Bay. There’s an awful lot of garbage in Ambon Bay. Periodically it gets…
Natural History Museum
This is very much a work in progress but I’ve seen a couple of photographs of the Main Hall of the Natural History Museum In London which have really inspired me. One such image was by a chap called Michael Walker-Toye.When I visited recently, I didn’t get too long to consider what I was doing, nor did…
Macmillan Coffee Morning
It’s been a while since my last blog entry. I think I’ve been occupied with things other than photography but I went to Nuweiba in September this year. Towards the top of The Red Sea in the Gulf of Aqaba lies Nuweiba, about an hour and a half’s drive north from Sharm El Sheik Airport….
BSoUP Splash-In
This year’s BSoUP, British Underwater Photography Championship took place in Plymouth at the weekend. Thirty eight people registered as participants with rules stating that submitted images needed to be taken between Friday night and 6pm on Saturday when the judging would start. Seven of us chartered a boat (UK National) to dive off-shore and we headed…